First Person Shooter

The response to Telltale and their story driven games are mixed. Some games they released were successful, while other received negative reviews. The most successful franchise Telltale worked with is the Batman, and they created an excellent game that was episodic, just like the majority of the games this company released.

The latest game from this studio is the Batman: The Enemy Within and it is the continuation of the franchise. This game is also episodic, and the first episode is already out, and we are here to take a look at it.

Batman: The Enemy Within – Worth your money or not?

If you are a fan of the Telltale and their way of telling a story, and their first Batman game, then you should buy this game. If you aren’t fan of point-and-click gameplay, then you probably didn’t like previous Telltale games, and you won’t like this one.

Now, The Enemy Within is advertised as the second season of Telltale’s Batman and thus it continues where the first one left. But this isn’t the same game as the first one, and there have been some significant changes you might be interested in.

First of all the old mechanics went through a change and instead of fight sequences that are planned, you will have choices. Those options will allow you to choose what to use at a given moment in a battle. You will have to press buttons at right moments to successfully defeat enemies with choices you make.

It’s sad to say that detective work, which is a large part of the Telltale’s Batman, is oversimplified. Even riddles that a new enemy (Riddler) places before you are straightforward and non-enjoyable.

The main strength of this game is the story and the relationship between Batman and other characters. If you are a fan of that, then you won’t waste money on this game.

All fans of the X Com franchise will be happy to know that the latest addition to the X Com 2 is an expansion that will change the game at its core. This franchise came a long way from the first X Com and its excellent expansion. How much did it change and what is all this War of the Chosen about will be listed here in this short but insightful review of the game.

War of the Chosen – Expansion that changes everything

X Com 2 is a sequel to highly successful X Com Enemy Unknown (and its expansion Enemy Within) where you took control of an organization that fought against an alien invasion and human collaborators. X Com 2 happens twenty years after the first game, and in this game, you are fighting a guerilla war against the aliens who conquered the world. The sequel takes a lot of mechanics found in the original game and updates them while adding new mechanics like stealth and hacking.

War of the Chosen is the expansion to the X Com 2 that adds new mechanics, new factions and much more. The expansion affects the overall story of the game, but it doesn’t change it completely. It adds three named enemies along with three rebel faction with whom you can work to fight against those enemies. It also adds a new type of warfare in the form of guerilla (covert) actions you can take to either gather resources or to counter enemy moves.

Chosen versus rebel factions

Chosen are the greatest addition to the X Com 2, and they introduce new mechanics against which you will have to fight. You will have to face three Chosen that are out there to kill you. They will appear in random missions and try to kill and abduct your soldiers and extract knowledge out of them. You will have to either run away or kill them in those missions. Killing them will only give you a couple of missions of peace after which they will return even stronger.

You won’t have to fight the Chosen alone. Three rebel factions will join you, and each one of them is specialized in taking down one of the Chosen. This also introduces three new classes, Reapers – who are stealthy snipers, Skirmishers – close combat specialists and Templars – the masters of psi power. These factions will help you if you help them. Join them in guerilla missions, and they will become closer to you. They will provide you with soldiers that will improve your chances to complete missions without causalities and to defeat the Chosen and their masters.

If you love this franchise, then we recommend this expansion as it adds dozens of hours of gameplay to the X Com 2.

The latest big game that shook the world of gaming is the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, or better known as PUBG. This is a game based on a mod of another game where people battle it out on a map that shrinks over the time. The goal is to be the last man standing.

Now, as everyone knows, this game is based on a Battle Royale mod, and as a game, it doesn’t have the versatility of previous games that used this type of mod. But, unlike those other games, PUBG hit the jackpot and succeeded in a world where only triple-A titles succeed.

The secret behind the success of the PUBG

So, everyone wonders why PUBG succeeded where other failed. People are also surprised because PUBG outlived all predictions people had. Many believed that the success of this game would be short lived and that it would die out after several months. The fact that around half a million of players play this game at almost every point during the day is proof that the game overcame its expectations.

If we are to talk about the secret behind the success of the game, then we have to mention essential elements of the PUBG and those include a shrinking map, limited resources, and an impressive gunplay. All of these elements were present in other iterations of this game mode, and still, they failed to reach a broad audience. Those three things aren’t primary reason for the success of the PUBG, but they play a large part in it. The things that made PUBG successful are the speed of the play and the fit and finish of the game.

A game that transcended its ancestors

All previous iterations of the Battle Royale mode had large maps, and the gameplay was slow. PUBG changed that with the introduction of a smaller map. The availability of the vehicles makes it easy to traverse the map in a matter of several minutes. The gunplay is also fast, and you can die without even knowing from which direction you were killed.

Fit and finish of the game is also a reason this game attracted millions of players. The game has bugs, but everything that is important is done perfectly. The layout of the map forgoes reality to create areas that are fun to explore and fight other players. The guns are also enjoyable to use, and every weapon has its pros and cons, and it’s unique. All of these things make PUBG a game that has a bright future in the world of eSports.